"We
are pretty much done building the house of industry
digitalization," the source said on Thursday.
Siemens has bought a dozen software companies over the past 10
years, mostly in the United States, spending close to 9 billion
euros ($9.6 billion) to keep pace with changes to manufacturing
technology.
Last month, it agreed to buy U.S.-based Mentor Graphics in a
$4.5 billion deal.
(Reporting by Jens Hack; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Editing by
Andreas Framke/Keith Weir)
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